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Ringo Starr - Liverpool 8
Let's face it: if you're a Beatles' fan you're going to want to pick up this record. It just goes without saying. Luckily, though, odds are if you love the melodic rock music the Beatles were best at, you'll probably actually dig this album.
antiMUSIC
Learning Calendar
American Red Cross courses: Adult CPR/AED Review, 6-8 p.m. June 10, $50; Adult, Child & Infant CPR/AED, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. June 14, $65; and CPR for the Professional Rescuer, 6-10 p.m. June 18-19, $80. (508) 996-8286. 995 Rockdale Ave., New Bedford.
The Standard-Times
Words of wisom from YSL
- "I participated in the transformation of my era. I did it with clothes, which is surely less important than music, architecture, painting ... but whatever it's worth I did it." (2002)
Otago Daily Times
Chesney expected to draw a big crowd to amphitheater tonight
The Amphitheater at Clark County continues its first week of the 2008 season with tonight’s concert headlined by Kenny Chesney. It’s been a good year for the country music star.
The Columbian
Spoleto Calendar for Tuesday, June 2
Spoleto 11 a.m. — Chamber Music VIII, Memminger Auditorium. 1 1/4 hours. $25. 1 p.m. — Chamber Music VIII, Memminger Auditorium. 1 1/4 hours. $25. 5 p.m. — Music in Time V, Simons Center Re...
The Post and Courier
Music review: Death Cab for Cutie swaps a bit of the cute for more intensity
Sold-out Orpheum show upped the volume if not the impact of the band's pop-rock.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
Lennon Family Loses Bid to Block Use of 'Imagine' Excerpt in Film
John Lennon's widow and sons have been rebuffed in their attempt to block the use of part of the song "Imagine" in a film about intelligent design. A New York federal judge ruled Monday that the producers of the movie "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" were protected by the fair use doctrine in playing a 15-second excerpt from the song. The judge denied Yoko Ono, Lennon's sons and EMI Blackwood ...
Law.com
Melee at theater leads to six arrests
ELIZABETH: Six people were arrested after a fight erupted during a live performance of an Arabic music program at the Ritz Theater, police said yesterday.
The Star-Ledger
West eclipsed by other acts at Summer Jam
At Sunday's Summer Jam concert at Giants Stadium, Kanye West anointed himself the "No. 1 (expletive) artist in the world right now." The funny thing is, it wasn't even clear that he was the No. 1 artist at Giants Stadium.
The Star-Ledger
MTV Returning to Music Programming?
Could MTV be returning to music programming? We were sent a press release that says that the reality channel will be offering a "24/7 non-stop summer music celebration." Sounds good but will be the "Now! That's What I Call Music" brand of music or real music?
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Profile of a newsmaker: Griswold High senior receives award for leadership
Nicholas R. Jamrock, 17, received a 2008 award in student leadership from the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education.
The Norwich Bulletin
Diddley looks back on legacy in '07 interview
Editor's note: Forum reporter Dave Roepke conducted a short phone interview with Bo Diddley on May 9, 2007. The interview was never published because Diddley suffered a stroke at a concert in Council Bluffs, Iowa, later that month and canceled a performance scheduled for May 25 at The Venue in Fargo. Advertisement: GAMES GALORE PARTY RENTAL Backyard Birthday Specials!! Call Dave or ...
Fargo Forum
Spiralfrog.com to offer downloads from EMI artists
Mon, Jun 2, 2008 (9:32 p.m.) SpiralFrog Inc., which operates an ad-supported, free music and video download Web site, said Monday it will soon begin offering content from Coldplay, Keith Urban and other recording artists as part of a new licensing deal with EMI Music.
Las Vegas Sun
Classic rock meets symphony during evening concert
The timing worked out for the Long Bay Symphony to spend a Tuesday afternoon and evening with The Moody Blues. Fifty-two members of the orchestra will practice this afternoon with the British group best known for "Nights in White Satin," then team up at 9 p.m. for the trio's concert at Hard Rock Park. As the Eagles lit up the park's stage Monday night, the symphony rehearsed at Myrtle Beach High ...
The Myrtle Beach Sun News
Caution required
Things to look out for when buying a plot of land in a foreign country.
The Star
A granddaddy of rock, Bo Diddley dies at 79
With his stocky build and his thick glasses, Bo Diddley didn't look like a typical rock'n'roll star. The rectangular-bodied electric guitar he played didn't look like the instruments other rock'n'rollers played.
The Star-Ledger
Essay: An Overflowing Five-Day Banquet of Science and Its Meanings
The World Science Festival in New York City did not go off without a hitch, but the organizers may have created a new cultural institution.
New York Times
Footnotes
Brian Stokes Mitchell, the Tony-winning singer and actor, is joining the Boston Pops at Radio City Music Hall on Aug. 21, Playbill reported. ... Yoko Ono has lost her legal battle to keep John Lennon?s song ?Imagine? out of a film that challenges the theory of evolution, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Ono had sued the makers of ?Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed,? accusing them of using the ...
New York Times
Late for Work: Amy Winehouse
She?s back. Amy Winehouse, in her first concert since leaving rehab, showed up almost an hour late with a bandage on her hand to an outdoor music festival in Lisbon. ?I?m sorry I?m late,? Ms. Winehouse, above, told the crowd, according to The Associated Press, which said that she appeared distracted, that she had cuts on her left arm, and that her right arm was bandaged. She also apologized for ...
New York Times
Pieces That Give Musical Chairs a New Meaning
Leon Botstein closed the American Symphony Orchestra?s season on Sunday with a selection of works about space.
New York Times
Community News Briefs
Sarah Cossaboon, a classically-trained soprano and a native of Bridgeton, will perform a benefit recital, "An Evening of Song," on Saturday, June 21, at 7 p.m. at St. Teresa of Avila Church, in Bridgeton.
Bridgeton News
Eagles land in MB
With a lone trumpet solo, a sultry, tropical-inspired backdrop and an enthusiastic cheer as the familiar bars of "Hotel California" filled the air, Hard Rock Park visitors got a taste of the Eagles on Monday night.
The Myrtle Beach Sun News
Spiralfrog.com to offer downloads from EMI artists
SpiralFrog Inc., which operates an ad-supported, free music and video download Web site, said Monday it will soon begin offering content from Coldplay, Keith Urban and other recording artists as part of a new licensing deal with EMI Music. Terms of the deal...
San Francisco Chronicle
Moody Blues singer measures successes
Justin Hayward joined The Moody Blues in 1966 as lead singer, a year after the release of the hit "Go Now!"
The Myrtle Beach Sun News
Dance in Review
Reviews of ?Catch 30? at Starr Street Projects, C. Eule Dance and the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble and the choreography competition ?The A.W.A.R.D. Show!?
New York Times
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